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Belloc covers the history of Christianity, first from its inception during the Greco-Roman Empire where it blossomed into an underground religion. Then in the Middle Ages it became the predominant religion of the era. Belloc's specific focus however is on the "Protestant revolt" most specifically, this movement that sprung up from Germany would eventually wreck havoc within Christian societies causing a so called "disintegration." Belloc's ultimate conclusion is that there must be a decision between civilization or crisis, a choice of Catholicism or Communism. His most important chapter is entitled Restoration. He suggests it he sets forth some suggested remedies to the acknowledged evils which have dragged...
They are based on the culture of Christendom and common sense, with temperance as opposed to the extremes of our society monopoly, concentration of wealth and property, usury and competition. Only by the curbing of these, along with the reestablishment of the guild principle and all that it entails, in brief, a Catholic atmosphere, does he see the salvation of the modern world.
The book itself is two hundred and fifty pages of very good reading material. Written by a man with full control of the pen, and only after thorough study of the subject, it is authoritative in its line, and should, when widely read, cause considerable comment
Civilization or Brutalism? Capital Punishment in North Carolina The threat of capital punishment has stood the test of time as the ultimate solution for any civilization to treat its unwanted criminals and enemies. As societies became more progressive, the form in which capital punishment took progressed as well, from poisons, nooses, electric shocks, firing squads, or even the good old axe to the neck, to modern chemicals whose sole intent is to
The roads connected two hierarchical clusters of towns and villages, each with a ceremonial center and satellite towns, precisely oriented in terms of the center. According to the author, it is likely that the towns held 1,000 or even more citizens. In total, Heckenberger notes that the total regional population could have been some 30,000 to 50,000 inhabitants. However, the number is difficult to determine accurately, as a large
In Mesopotamia, the gods were actively involved in the doings of this world, but not in a way that was just or equitable -- the gods had no special moral attributes, merely greater power than humans. The lack of harmony in the natural world of Mesopotamia was also reflected in the disparate nature of Mesopotamian government, which was full of small city-states, with no cohesive national ruler. Egypt's pharaohs reigned
For most the idea was the anonymous nature of the village, and how easy it was for anyone to commit an atrocity against another, if given the official sanction to do so. Stanley Edgar Hyman believed that the nature and purpose of his wife's work were misunderstood because her "fierce visions of dissociation and madness, of alienation and withdrawal, of cruelty and terror" were interpreted as "personal, even neurotic, fantasies."
Civilization in the High Middle Ages It is said that the University of Oxford was not created, that rather it emerged. Universities in general, and the University of Oxford in particular, are among one of the many contributions of Medieval civilization to the present day. The University of Oxford was not the earliest university in the world - Paris and Bologna were founded before it - but it is the oldest
Civilization and the Wilderness -- Early American Literature The collision of society against the wilderness in the early stages of the development of America was used often as a theme in early American literature. As "civilization" arrived in the New World and immediately encroached upon the natural world and the Native Americans who thrived in that New World there were stories to be told to reflect the conflicts and relationships that